Romans 9:30-32
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
30 What then shall we say? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have achieved it, that is, righteousness that comes from faith;(A) 31 but that Israel, who pursued the law of righteousness, did not attain to that law?(B) 32 Why not? Because they did it not by faith, but as if it could be done by works.(C) They stumbled over the stone that causes stumbling,[a]
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- 9:32 Paul discusses Israel as a whole from the perspective of contemporary Jewish rejection of Jesus as Messiah. The Old Testament and much of Jewish noncanonical literature in fact reflect a fervent faith in divine mercy.
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